Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Click with Clix

A few months ago, I encouraged whiskey fans to celebrate Clix Vodka because the overpriced vodka from Buffalo Trace will hopefully subsidize the price of our precious bourbons and ryes. But then I began to wonder how a vodka of this sort would taste.

Most whiskey is distilled twice, three times at most. Vodka is often distilled many more times, and Clix vodka is distilled 159 times! More distillations has to be better, doesn't it? At $300 it's certainly more expensive than any of Buffalo Trace's whiskeys, and hopefully, it will stay that way. Now keep in mind that I don't drink vodka and don't really like it, but then again, who does?

The nose is slightly white doggy. It tastes like corn whiskey with a lot of water added, then it just gets foul. The finish is like nail polish remover fumes. Hey, I thought this was supposed to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color.

Distilled 159 times? First I thought that was a post originally scheduled for 1st of April, but the news actually seems to have been around for a while. I guess they used a rectification column with 159 plates or something like that. 159 single runs would be even more ridiculous. I don't think this concoction would turn me into a vodka fan.

As a whiskey geek, you saw Clix's press release and could not resist. And that's totally fine.

No one will ever hold against you having purchased the entire Californian Clix inventory.The recorded conversation with the sales associate to whom you say, quote: "Clix is mine. I want it. I take it all" will never be released to the public.